One Cherokee scholar, Sequoyah, saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to make a written form of the spoken Cherokee language.

希考亚是一位切罗基学者，他看到了读和写对白人的重要性，于是决定为切罗基口语创造一种文字。

Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the Cherokee language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound.

后来他采纳了组成切罗基语言的八十五个音。借助自己的创造力和一本英语拼写课本，希考亚为每一个音发明了一个符号。